Goodham

common dravidian (esp tamil, telugu & malayalam) word for “r-ct-m”.

pedantically, goodham (குதம் in tamil script) refers specifically to the sheath inside the -n-l orifice & does not denote the -n-s or the b-ttocks. strictly, the -n-s is distinguished by its own term, namely ‘goodoushtham’. however, ‘goodham’ is often vulgarly & inaccurately extended to also mean “-rs–hole” & even the whole “b-tt”, which, in case of dravidian women, often attains a pleasingly large size.

since the same one tamil letter is used to depict ‘k’ & ‘g’, & another is used for both ‘t’ & ‘d’, variant dialectal pr-nunciations & spellings include: kootham, koottam, kutam, kotham, kutham, koothi, gūdham, gudam, guddam, & g-dham.

the word has entered indo-aryan languages, such as magadhi or pali: “gudaṁ, the -n-s. … ab.274.” (‘a dictionary of the pali language’ robert caesar childers. london: tru:bner, 1872-5, p.150) of course, sanskrit, one of the most highly dravidianized indo-aryan tongues, has long adopted this term: “the lower end of the large intestine is called gudam (r-ct-m) & this ends in gudoushtha (-n-s). the interior of the r-ct-m is provided with three spiral grooves. these ring-like muscles lie a finger & a half apart from one another & are respectively known as pravāhini, visarjani & samvarani …” (‘indian system of medicine’. history of science & technology in india, vol 4. o p jaggi. delhi: atma ram, 1986, p.114)
1) after he arrived in madras, sheikh chilli was accosted by two big black dravidian women. thanking allah, he followed them to a house in a lonely gullee, where they disrobed. but when he pulled down his pyjamas, they laughed as they pointed at his ganges worm. then one locked his neck in a tight armpit headlock while the other took out a chilli & showed it to him. as she kept repeating “goodham”, the fool thought it was a name for “chilli” & she wanted him to repeat it. but the moment he did she disappeared & he soon felt the chilli being shoved into his -n-s. as he bit his tongue in pain, he knew he would never forget what “goodham” really meant.

2) “kutam … s. the backside; 2. the -n-s” (‘tamil & english dictionary’. j p fabricius. 4th ed. tranquebar: evangelical lutheran mission pub house, 1972, p.259. cf tamilenglishdictionary.com)

3) the variants koothi, kootham & kotham are derived from gudham, as darx notes: “koothi, kotham (derived from gudham) = -n-s” (darx 19 jun 2006, comment on ‘get your “kundis” to the d.c. meetup, 3/25’ anna. sepia mutiny (14 mar 2006), sepiamutiny.com/sepia/archives/003147.html). this etymology is also provided in the tamil lexicon: “kutam, n. < guda. -n-s." ('tamil lexicon'. univ of madras. madras: univ of madras, 1924-36, p.990) 4) in brahminical kannadiga, one has the sanskrit derivative: "guda. the -n-s; the r-ct-m" ('a kannada-english dictionary', rev f kittel, mangalore: basel mission book & tract depository, 1894, p.553)